Direct Services Supervisor – Intake – Competition # 2026-SUPV-014
- Sioux Lookout, ON, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Posting language
- English
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Original job description
The Direct Services Supervisor provides leadership to a team of staff. The Direct Services Supervisor supervises unit staff and is responsible to direct the operation of the unit and oversee the services provided in the community. The work of Direct Services Supervisors and all our staff is guided by our Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin Service Model – everyone working together to raise our children.
Qualifications:
- This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all applicants. Persons of First Nations Ancestry will be given preference. We invite applicants to Self-Identify if Indigenous, Metis or Inuit.
- Interest in helping families and learning new skills.
- Understanding of Indigenous culture and of the geographic realities and social conditions within.
- Previous child welfare experience, and ability to work effectively with families and children is preferred.
- Beginning leadership and supervisory skills, and an ability to work effectively with frontline workers who have a variety of educational and experiential backgrounds.
- Education or training in social services is an asset. Must be willing to take the Child Welfare Professional Training program OR must be an authorized child protection worker.
- Understanding of the Child and Family Services Act is an asset.
- Ability to speak Oji-Cree or Ojibway is an asset.
- Good verbal, written, and organizational skills.
- Problem solving and decision-making skills.
- Ability to maintain strict confidentiality.
- Valid driver’s license or willingness to obtain one.
- No Remote Work Available
- No Relocation Assistance Available
TO APPLY: Send your job application/resume to the Hiring Committee and include the Competition Number or the name of the position you are applying for:
- BY MAIL: P.O. Box 627, Sioux Lookout, ON P8T 1B1 OR
- BY FAX: (807) 737-4550 OR
- BY EMAIL: jobs@tikinagan.org OR
- BY WEBSITE: www.tikinagan.org/careers/ OR
- DROP OFF YOUR APPLICATION AT ANY OF OUR OFFICES (ask the receptionist to fax your application to Human Resources)
***ONLY THOSE SELECTED FOR AN INTERVIEW WILL BE CONTACTED***
However, we welcome applicants to contact HR if they wish to follow up on an application or inquire about other opportunities at Tikinagan.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Direct Services Supervisor will lead a team of intake staff and direct the operation of the unit. They will oversee the services provided to families and children in the community.
Requirements
Candidates need an interest in helping families, an understanding of Indigenous culture and northern social conditions, and beginning leadership skills. Child welfare experience is preferred, and a willingness to take the Child Welfare Professional Training program or authorized child protection worker status is required.
Skills
- Staff supervision
- Team leadership
- Intake services
- Child welfare
- Child protection
- Family support
- Indigenous cultural knowledge
- Child and Family Services Act
- Problem solving
- Decision-making
- Verbal and written communication
- Organizational skills
- Confidentiality
- Oji-Cree language
- Ojibway language
Categories
- Social Services
- Government & Public Sector
- Management & Leadership
Keywords
- child welfare
- child and family services
- social services
- intake
- supervisor
- direct services
- team leadership
- Indigenous services
- First Nations
- Child and Family Services Act
- Oji-Cree
- Ojibway
- case management
- community services
- Sioux Lookout
- northern Ontario
- social work
- family services
- staff supervision
- child protection
Seniority
Entry level
Fields of study
- social services